Royal BAM Group nv has set out details of the Back in Shape programme for the improvement of its operational and financial performance, including around 650 job cuts out of a total 9,700-strong workforce in the Netherlands.

Scottish Water has completed three £multi-million infrastructure projects in recent weeks worth £10m  in total.

Bristol Water has announced that it will launch a new service enabling its customers to pay their bills via mobile phone in 2015.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced the first contract to be supported by UK Export Finance’s enhanced Direct Lending Facility (DLF).

Some of the largest UK-wide retailers, including B&Q and Homebase, have taken it upon themselves to relieve strain on local councils caused by flooding, according to flood product manufacturer Gravitas International. 

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, with input from other research councils, is running a a five-day Sandpit event in the water energy food nexus and has opened a  call for participants.

A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that air pollution has had a significant impact on the amount of water flowing through many rivers in the northern hemisphere.

The UK construction sector has enjoyed a near-record increase in activity with the best quarter of growth for 17 years according to the latest figures from the  Markit/CIPS Construction PMI.

Delegates at the Liberal Democrat party conference have voted to greatly increase spending on flood defences in the UK, together with inceasing the uptake of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems.

An innovative solution submitted to the CostainMWH Severn Trent Water AMP5 Framework team award scheme is under consideration for company-wide adoption by Costain.